Word: recent
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...News anchor Peter Jennings brought his version of recent history to life last night with a reading of selections from his best-selling book, The Century, at the Askwith Lecture Hall...
Until the recent bonfire disaster, the existence of "Aggie pride" was relatively unknown outside of Texas. The 12 deaths and numerous injuries have brought national attention to the deep-rooted traditions of Texas A&M and have caused even the heartiest traditionalists to question the continuance of the 90-year-old bonfire ritual...
...result, the council has been facing questions of legitimacy in recent years. If council members do not truly compete for office, but instead merely sign up for it, how can they claim to represent the campus...
...Frank X. Leonard '01, the other conservative presidential candidate, is taking the opposite tactic. Both he and his vice presidential candidate Katie Tenney '01 have been on the council for only one semester, and neither has sponsored a piece of council legislation. Leonard says he thinks his recent arrival on the council will play well to undergraduates...
...open to criticism because he couldn't find room for a capital gains tax cut. "Steve Forbes will attack it as a half-measure, as a tweaking of the system, not an overhaul," says TIME Washington correspondent James Carney. But the bigger problems could come in a general election. Recent polls show that voters are more concerned with further reducing the national debt and shoring up Medicare and education than with tax cuts. So while wooing much of his own party, Bush could alienate many of the "Reagan Democrats" who are less concerned with personal financial stability than they were...